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A new analysis of state data by The Trace links the chain to a quarter of California’s crime guns. The retailer also sold a shotgun to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attacker.
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Turner’s Outdoorsman Sold the Largest Share of Guns Traced to Crimes in California
A new analysis of state data by The Trace links the chain to a quarter of California’s crime guns. The retailer also sold a shotgun to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attacker.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/05/turners-outdoorsman-california-crime-guns/
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Jennifer Mascia
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Making sense of the ATF's flurry of gun proposals announced earlier today: Most appear to focus on reducing paperwork, codifying practices the ATF already allows, or removing rules already blocked by courts,
@bychipbrownlee.com
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The ATF Proposed 34 Changes Aimed at “Modernizing” Gun Regulations
Agency leader Robert Cekada portrayed the measures as historic, but most seemed administrative or perfunctory. One drew condemnation from gun reform groups.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/04/atf-gun-rule-changes-cekada/
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The agency’s new leader, Robert Cekada, portrayed the measures as historic, but most seemed administrative or perfunctory. One drew immediate condemnation from gun reform groups. My latest on the ATF’s newest proposals:
www.thetrace.org/2026/04/atf-...
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The ATF Proposed 34 Changes Aimed at “Modernizing” Gun Regulations
Agency leader Robert Cekada portrayed the measures as historic, but most seemed administrative or perfunctory. One drew condemnation from gun reform groups.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/04/atf-gun-rule-changes-cekada/
about 1 month ago
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The Firearms Policy Coalition, which has been losing membership dues and contributions, told prospective donors they could give David Hogg “the middle finger” by contributing on his birthday.
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The Gun Rights Group Trying to Fundraise Off a Parkland Survivor’s Birthday
The Firearms Policy Coalition told prospective donors they could give David Hogg “the middle finger” by contributing.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/04/fpc-david-hogg-birthday-fundraiser/
about 1 month ago
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Over the last two years, a murder-suicide or family annihilation has occurred 1.8 times per day on average.
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Michigan Advance
about 2 months ago
GOP-led states move to punish enforcement of red flag gun orders
michiganadvance.com/2026/04/17/r...
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GOP-led states move to punish enforcement of red flag gun orders • Michigan Advance
ERPO laws, also known as red flag laws, once enjoyed support from across the political spectrum. Now, six states have prohibited enforcing the orders — and in some cases, prescribed fines or criminal ...
https://michiganadvance.com/2026/04/17/repub/gop-led-states-move-to-punish-enforcement-of-red-flag-gun-orders/
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Jennifer Mascia
about 2 months ago
Trump's pardons are depriving the Crime Victims Fund of vital revenue. So far $113M in criminal fines has been forgiven that could have gone to shooting survivors and other victims of violent crime. My latest, w/@us.theguardian.com:
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Trump’s Pardons Are Costing Shooting Survivors Millions
A Trace analysis found that revenue once generated by fining white-collar criminals is drying up — now that the president has pardoned so many of them.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/04/trump-pardons-crime-victims-fund-voca/
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Republican lawmakers are seeking to punish anybody who enforces an extreme risk protection order.
www.thetrace.org/2026/04/repu...
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This Law May Help Prevent Mass Shootings, but GOP-Led States Are Trying to Ban It
Republican lawmakers are seeking to punish anybody who enforces an extreme risk protection order.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/04/republican-states-ban-red-flag-erpo-laws/
about 2 months ago
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Renita Francois is the city’s first deputy mayor for community safety and will oversee the newly created Mayor’s Office of Community Safety. Read my interview with her:
www.thetrace.org/2026/04/reni...
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How This Deputy Mayor Plans to Reduce Violence in New York City
Francois is the city’s first deputy mayor for community safety and will oversee the newly created Mayor’s Office of Community Safety.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/04/renita-francois-nyc-community-safety/
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Around six months ago, a 9-year-old boy was shot and killed inside a home in Springfield, Illinois. The case is still unsolved. But what stood out, especially in a city this size, was the silence around it. For
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No Public Outcry In Springfield After a Kid Is Killed. Why?
Officials in Springfield, Illinois, created a task force to build trust with the community and prevent the type of shooting that claimed Cash Russell’s life. There’s little evidence it’s helping.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/04/illinois-child-murder-police-task-force/
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Police in the nation’s biggest city are recovering a growing number of 3D-printed guns, law enforcement officials said.
www.thetrace.org/2026/04/3d-p...
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New York City’s Spike in 3D-Printed Guns Prompts Push for Tougher Laws
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is advocating legislation that would make 3D-printing guns a crime.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/04/3d-printed-guns-new-york-city-da/
about 2 months ago
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The Trace
2 months ago
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are increasing the cost of firearm ammunition. Business owners fear the war with Iran could drive prices higher. The Trace spoke with gun and ammo shops about how they’re coping. Read more:
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Robert S. Mueller III, 81, Dies; Rebuilt F.B.I. and Led Trump Inquiry
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/u...
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Robert S. Mueller III, 81, Dies; Rebuilt F.B.I. and Led Trump Inquiry
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/us/politics/robert-s-mueller-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
2 months ago
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3 months ago
This didn't happen. The perception that it did is largely based on fictional shows that were about rich people. Much more common was a household where one person (theoretically Dad in a het household) was the higher earner and paid the housing costs and the other paid utilities & food
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Gun rights advocates joined with gun violence prevention leaders to create a set of state-level gun policies that both sides could live with. A rare bit of good news on the gun beat from
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‘Bridging the Divide’ on Firearms Laws
A new project brought together people from opposing sides of the gun debate to craft model legislation for violence prevention.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/03/gun-rights-safety-state-reforms/
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The Trace
3 months ago
What do you think of our gun violence coverage? We’re giving away Trace hats to people who let us know. Take our survey:
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The Trace
3 months ago
📣 We want your feedback! 🧢 And you could receive one of
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The Trace has fact-checked the president’s baseless claims about violent crime and immigrants during his State of the Union.
www.thetrace.org/2026/02/trum...
3 months ago
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“These actions will make Americans less safe and more vulnerable to gun violence,” Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock, Maryland Senator Angela Alsobrooks, and six members of Congress wrote in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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Bulletin: Lawmakers Blast Federal Funding Cuts to Gun Violence Prevention
A Trace analysis found that the Trump administration has terminated grants worth more than $200 million for gun violence prevention programs and research.
https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/raphael-warnock-gun-violence-prevention-funding-bondi-letter/
4 months ago
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The White House is touting a new analysis from the
@counciloncj.org
showing that homicides and crime reached record or near-record lows in 2025. But violence has been falling at a quick pace since at least 2022, when the U.S. began recovering from the historic spike in violence that began in 2020.
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4 months ago
An administration that pushes "law and order" has pulled over $1 billion from gun violence prevention, mental health and public safety programs. More details on the numbers from
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Trump Has Slashed Federal Funding for Gun Violence Prevention. But How Much Exactly?
For a new analysis, The Trace catalogued how many grants were canceled or redirected during Trump’s first year in office.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/01/trump-public-safety-gun-violence-funding/
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Minnesota Star Tribune
5 months ago
Police have declared a north Minneapolis protest an "unlawful assembly" as demonstrators remain in the area after a federal agent shot a man in the leg. We're still at the scene of the protest and will continue to provide updates on law enforcement actions.
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Live: Federal agent shoots, injures man in north Minneapolis
Gov. Tim Walz addressed Minnesotans in a live broadcast Wednesday night on the surge of federal immigration agents in the state. A federal judge has declined to immediately rule on the ICE surge in Minnesota.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, after a second shooting by federal agents in the city in a week: “It’s certainly not creating safety when a huge percentage of the shootings that have taken place so far this year in Minneapolis have been by ICE.”
5 months ago
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Jon Collins
5 months ago
She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
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‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/01/13/minnesotans-describe-their-encounters-with-ice-agents
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Breaking WaPo: The FBI executed a search warrant this morning at a Post reporter's home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified materials. It's highly unusual and aggressive for law enforcement to conduct a search on a reporter's home.
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FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/14/washington-post-reporter-search/
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The Trace
5 months ago
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani enters office with the city’s lowest gun violence rate on record. But rather than riding that wave, he’s preparing to overhaul the machinery of public safety itself.
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Mamdani Plans to Rewrite New York City’s Public Safety Playbook
The new mayor has promised to focus on prevention. Here’s what experts think of his ideas.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/1/zohran-mamdani-gun-violence-safety-plan/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=trace-branded&utm_content=edit-promo
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The Trace
5 months ago
Years before federal immigration agents shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, reporter Lila Hassan began investigating ICE’s history of deadly force. ICE’s January 7 shooting of Good resembles many of the shootings Hassan reviewed.
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What Can ICE’s History of Deadly Force Tell Us About the Renee Good Shooting?
Journalist Lila Hassan spent years investigating how the agency deploys force — and how it treats agents who open fire.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/01/ice-shooting-history-accountability/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=trace-branded&utm_content=edit-promo
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A violence interrupter in Minneapolis got an alert about a shooting last week. Then it updated: officer-involved. “We automatically thought ICE.” The aftermath illustrates how federal enforcement actions can undermine local public safety. My latest for
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It Took Years to Rebuild Trust in Minneapolis After George Floyd. Then ICE Came.
Community organizers fear that ICE's shooting of Renee Good could erode fragile gains made between residents and law enforcement.
https://www.thetrace.org/2026/01/minneapolis-ice-shooting-public-safety/
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The Trace
5 months ago
Federal immigration agents claimed they shot and killed Renee Good because she tried to run them over with her car. A law professor told The Trace about the policies governing use of force with moving vehicles and fleeing suspects.
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The Trace
5 months ago
“Everything about these incidents indicates that these are probably shootings that did not need to happen,” Christy Lopez, a former senior civil rights litigator at the Justice Department who now teaches at Georgetown Law, said after examining The Trace’s list in December.
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How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?
The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s immigration crackdown. Know of one? Please be in touch.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immigration-ice-shootings-guns-tracker/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=trace-branded&utm_content=edit-promo
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Tali Woodward
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The Trace has been tracking shootings related to Trump's immigration crackdown. With Portland, we're at 16. Please see our tracker for more detail
@jenmascia.bsky.social
@bychipbrownlee.com
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Including yesterday's shooting of two people in Portland, The Trace has identified 44 incidents of use of force by federal immigration agents since January 2025. That includes 16 shootings, 4 of which were fatal. Seven other people have been wounded.
www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...
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The Trace has identified 14 shootings by federal immigration agents as of January 7. They include the shootings of three people observing or documenting ICE raids.
www.thetrace.org/2025/12/immi...
5 months ago
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The Associated Press
5 months ago
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
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Her son was killed while raking leaves. Juanita Agnew turned an unimaginable loss into a mission to prevent gun violence. Beautiful reporting by
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Losing Her Son in a Shooting Shattered Her Life. Then She Turned Her Pain Into Purpose
Juanita Agnew has channeled her grief into preventing other families from enduring a similar loss.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/12/juanita-agnew-jayz-foundation-hillcrest-heights-md/
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6 months ago
Passing gun laws is only step one. Michigan’s new task force report focuses on the harder question: what it takes to implement them statewide. My last 2025 story for
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Michigan Has Rolled Out an Ambitious Gun Safety Plan. Will It Work?
A statewide report outlines the layers of work needed to implement Michigan’s gun reform plan and calls for additional measures the state hasn’t passed yet.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/12/michigan-gun-safety-plan-funding/
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Brian Freskos
6 months ago
29 states require no license to carry concealed guns in public. But what happens when someone from one of those states wants to carry their gun in a state that does require a permit?
@bychipbrownlee.com
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What Would 'Concealed Carry Reciprocity' Mean for States With Tighter Gun Laws?
Congress may soon vote on a bill that would require states to honor laws loosened elsewhere. We break down what that means.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/12/concealed-carry-reciprocity-gun-law/
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6 months ago
Trump’s DOJ is diverting money meant for community violence prevention to law enforcement and immigration crackdowns. Important reporting by
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Trump Plans to Take Money From Violence Prevention to Fund His Immigration Crackdown
Grants meant to help violence prevention are being steered to local law enforcement — and recipients must cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/11/violence-prevention-trump-immigration/
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The Trace
6 months ago
At a gathering of nearly 1,300 anti-violence workers from around the country, advocates sought to reclaim momentum — and hope — as federal support collapses.
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Despite a Turbulent Year, Violence Prevention Leaders Press On
At a gathering of anti-violence workers from around the country, advocates sought to reclaim momentum as federal support collapses.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/11/gun-violence-prevention-funding-trump/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=trace-branded&utm_content=edit-promo
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The Trump administration has reoriented a grant initiative originally meant to fund community-based violence prevention, using it instead to bolster local law enforcement and the president’s immigration crackdown.
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Trump Plans to Take Money From Violence Prevention to Fund His Immigration Crackdown
Grants meant to help violence prevention are being steered to local law enforcement — and recipients must cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/11/violence-prevention-trump-immigration/
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The Trace
7 months ago
Over 1,000 anti-violence workers descended on Kentucky’s biggest city in late October for the Cities United conference. The gathering came at a pivotal moment for a field that proved central to responding to the post-COVID spike in gun violence — but now finds itself facing headwinds.
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Despite a Turbulent Year, Violence Prevention Leaders Press On
At a gathering of anti-violence workers from around the country, advocates sought to reclaim momentum as federal support collapses.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/11/gun-violence-prevention-funding-trump/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=trace-branded&utm_content=edit-promo
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two Second Amendment cases this year, the most in its history.
@bychipbrownlee.com
put together this explainer about the cases and their potential implications.
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The Supreme Court Is More Interested in Second Amendment Cases Than Ever Before
The justices will consider two significant challenges this term. Here’s how they might affect gun laws.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/10/supreme-court-2a-cases-guns-drugs-hawaii/
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"Brownsville, I’ve found, is a place where people help people. It includes community groups and violence interruptors directly facing conflict, as well as others — faith leaders and volunteers, drug counselors, social club members — working to fix the underlying factors that lead to violence."
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These Neighborhood Groups Are Fighting to Rewrite Brownsville’s Legacy of Violence
I first met Gene Krell in February of 2020, when I was photographing the Black Lives Matter movement in New York City. Krell was a native of Brownsville, a residential neighborhood on the east side of...
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/10/brownsville-ny-gun-violence-prevention/
8 months ago
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The Trace
8 months ago
A few years ago, The Trace launched the Atlas of American Gun Violence, a map that allows users to see where people are being shot around the United States. In the past, the Atlas has had limitations to the search. In this updated version we’ve tried to improve on those.
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Where Are People Being Shot in America?
The Trace’s Atlas of American Gun Violence has been updated to allow you to search by address, county, congressional district, type of shooting — and to download maps.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/10/announcement-atlas-american-gun-violence/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=trace-branded&utm_content=edit-promo
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The Trace
8 months ago
The June assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman — followed weeks later by a deadly mass shooting at Minneapolis's Annunciation Catholic School — has reignited the state's long-running fight over gun laws.
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Minnesota Lawmakers Are Gridlocked Over Gun Reform
The assassination of a former House speaker, followed by the deadly Annunciation school shooting, has reignited a battle over the state's gun laws.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/10/minnesota-gun-laws-mass-shooting-hortman/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=trace-branded&utm_content=edit-promo
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The Trace
8 months ago
The Trump administration has claimed violent crime is rampant in Oregon’s largest city. A Trace analysis shows that shootings have actually plummeted.
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Here Are the Facts About Gun Violence in Portland
The Trump administration has claimed violent crime is rampant in Oregon’s largest city. A Trace analysis shows that shootings have actually plummeted.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/10/portland-gun-violence-crime-data-trump/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=trace-branded&utm_content=edit-promo
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A series of shootings prompted York officials to ban ghost guns and machine gun converters. But the laws may not stick.
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This Small Pennsylvania City Is Challenging the State’s Control Over Local Gun Laws
A series of shootings prompted York officials to ban ghost guns and machine gun converters. But the laws may not stick.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/10/york-pa-ghost-gun-law-preemption-philly/
8 months ago
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The Trace
8 months ago
“We just try to grow food, grow lives, and grow community. I think that's the only way that the world will get better — if everyone works hard at the same thing together.”
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‘Hands in the Soil, Off the Trigger’
A community gardening program in Milwaukee teaches young people not only about tending to plants, but also about life.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/09/gardening-violence-prevention-milwaukee/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=trace-branded&utm_content=edit-promo
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@thetrace.org
mapped two decades of high-profile shootings at Houses of Worship. It's a sobering timeline carefully reported by
@jenmascia.bsky.social
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@bychipbrownlee.com
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A Timeline of High-Profile Shootings at Houses of Worship
The attack on a Mormon church in Michigan was one of many similar shootings over the past 20 years, according to an analysis by The Trace.
https://www.thetrace.org/2025/09/church-house-of-worship-shooting-motive/
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The Trace
8 months ago
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